Patient&#39;s urinal



Jan. 19, 1954 c, SHERVA 2,666,209

PATIENTS URINAL Filed Dec. 24, 1951 F1 3. J INVEN TOR.

C gara Sheri/a Patented Jan. 19, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Clara Sherva, Portland, Greg. 7 7 Application December 24, 1951, Serial No.263,060

V 1, Claim. (01. 4-110) My invention relates to a patients urinal which is particularly adapted for use in taking care of female patients who are confined to wheel chairs. It permits the use of a urinal while a patient remains seated, and this eliminates the difficulty in helping her from a wheel chair to a toilet. Many such patients are partially paralyzed or are infirm or aged and many of them are overweight. Many of the attendants in hospitals and sanitariums are women and the job of lifting the patient from a wheel chair involves bracing the chair and bodily lifting her to her feet. A similar difficulty is encountered when the patient is to be helped back into her chair. Said chairs are supported by wheels and the attendant not only must hold the chair so it will not move but also must gently lower the patient to the wheel chair. This physical lifting and lowering of the patient taxes an attendants strength to such a point that many injure their backs and constitutes a definite occupational hazard.

I have discovered that a patients urinal embodying my invention may be used by a wheel chair patient while seated, without disturbing her and without incurring the physical strain imposed upon the attendant.

The object of my invention is to provide such a patients urinal so that it may be slipped under a patient without danger of hurting her, one which may be used without soiling her clothing, and one in which the contents may be conveniently disposed of without spilling.

The details of my invention are hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof; and.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the auxiliary receiver taken on the line 33 in Fig. l.

A patients urinal embodying my invention comprises a cup-shaped receiver I having an open mouth 2, side portions 3, and a bottom portion 4. The bottom portion preferably is flat so that it will stand upright when supported by a plane surface. A handle 5 projects lateral- 1y from one side of said receiver and a supplemental receiver 6 extends laterally opposite in a direction diametrically opposed to the handle. Said supplemental receiver resembles a relatively shallow, broad, flat spout. It is substantially fiat but is cupped slightly. This is illustrated in Fig. 3. The floor 1 of the supplemental receiver is V-shaped in section, although the slight central longitudinal groove formed therein has As is noted in Fig. 2, the general horizontal plane of said floor '1 coincides with the horizontal plane of the open mouth 2 of the principal receiver l, and the margin 8a of the upturned rim portion 8 extends above said floor and above the plane of the open mouth 2 of the receiver 1. Said rim is quite shallow with respect to the overall depth of the receiver 1 and the shallowness of said rim and the supplemental receiver which it defines thus permits it to be slipped quite easily under a seated patient. The receiver I has a lateral out turned rim Ill about the open mouth 2 thereof. Said rim twists slightly, as is shown in Fig. 2, so that the periphery thereof sweeps upwardly upon a smooth curve and merges in the margin 8a of the upturned rim portion of the supplemental receiver 6. The periphery of the margins of said rims define an unbroken ovate pattern. In elevation, as is shown in Fig. 2, said margins define an unbroken sweep in which the plane of the rim of the principal receiver subtends a slight oblique angle with that of the upper margin of the upturned rim of the supplemental receiver 6.

As is shown in Fig. l, the principal receiver l, and particularly the mouth thereof, lies wholly within said ovate pattern of the marginal portions ofsaid rims 8 and I0 and said mouth lies well within said peripheral outline. This produces an out turned rim It of substantial breadth, and one which lies flat-wise generally with the general plane of the supplemental receiver. All of the upper portions of said receiver are formed upon smooth sweeps and are of unbroken outline. This minimizes the danger of scratching, pinching, or otherwise hurting a patient.

Said urinal preferably is made of stainless steel or enamel ware, so that the surfaces are smooth and may be maintained in a sanitary condition. It is to be noted, also, that the upper portion of the handle 5 is substantially coextensive with the general plane of the upper plane of the urinal. 1

I have determined in use that such urinals permit attendants to take care of their patientsmore promptly with less inconvenience to the patient, and without incurring the possibility of injury to the patient or the attendant when the 3 patient must be shifted from a wheel chair to use stationary toilet facilities.

Although my invention is specifically devised for use in taking care of female patients in wheel chairs, it has the general application as a urinal, particularly with female patients even when they are bedfast. The latter type of patient, however, does not pose such a difilcult problem because other urinals are available and are reasonably satisfactory for their intended purpose I claim:

A patients urinal comprising a cup-shaped receiver having an open mouth, sides and a bottom portion, a handle projecting laterally from one side thereof, and a supplementary receiver extending laterally from a point diametrically opposite thereof, said supplementary receiver communicating with the first mentioned receiver, said supplementary receiver having a cupped floor, an upturned rim portion bounding the floor of said supplementary receiver at all points save at the point of communication Withsa-id first mentioned receivers, a lateral out-turned'rim on the first mentioned receiver the periphery thereof merging With the upturned rim of said supplementary receiver, the general plane of the fioor of said supplementary receiver coinciding with the plane of the mouth of the first mentioned receiver, and the depth of the upturned rim being quite shallow with respect to the depth of the first mentioned receiver, whereby the supplementary receiver may be slipped conveniently under a seated patient, the rim portions of said receiver in plan lying within an unbroken ovate pattern, and in elevation defining an unbroken sweep, the plane of the rim of the first mentioned receiver subtending an oblique angle with that of the upper margin of the upturned rim of the supplementary receiver, said first mentioned receiver lying Wholly Within and spaced from the ovate pattern of the periphries of the rim portions of said urinal.

CLARA SI-IERVA.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,395,879 Wallace 2 Nov. 1, 1921 2,029,802 Webber l Feb; 4, 1936 2,359,830 Deckert Oct. 10, 1944 

